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Suleika Jaouad on Making the Most of a Life Interrupted: A Young Adult Perspective on Cancer

2018 Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium

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Suleika Jaouad, an Emmy Award–winning writer, advocate, and cancer survivor who was diagnosed at age 22 with myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia, discusses what she has learned about coping with cancer, learning from it, and growing beyond it.



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